Improvement in photographic eye-rest apparatus



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PHQTOGRAPHIC EYE-REST APPARATUS.

Pate nted'iuly 10, 1877;

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No. 1921854. Patented-lily 10 1877.

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Specification forming part of. Letters Patent No. 182,854, dated Ju1y10.:1'87fZ; application filed i 'Junei1'7,-1876.

To allwkom it may concern: 7 I V Be it known that I, GE W. BAKER, ofWilmington, in the county of New Castle and State of Delaware, haveinvented a'new and valuable Improvement in Photographers Apparatus; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same,

' reference being had to the annexed drawings,

making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a side view of myimproved eye-rest apparatus, showing the mechanism for givingintermittent motion to the belt. Fig. 2 is' a front view of the case ofthe apparatus, with a figure in sight through the show-opening; and Fig.3 is a partial vertical section of the same.

This invention has for its object to produce a device in the nature ofan eyerest, which shall pleasantly fix the attention of sitters duringthe operation of taking photographic pictures, and thus relieve nervouspersons of a considerable trial; and it consists in an endless belt,provided upon one of its faces with attractive pictures, which aresuccessively brought, and temporarily detained, in front of ashow-opening in a box by the intermittent rotation of suitable rollersarranged therein. It also consists in certain novel means wherebycontinuous rotation is imparted to the barrel of a musical boxattachment, and an intermittent rotation to the rollers carrying thepanoramic belt, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the annexed drawings, the letter A designates a preferablyrectangular box or case, handling, will be mounted on a stand, B. CasingA is provided with a show-opening, 0, through which will be successivelyexhibited a series of attract ive pictures, painted, printed, orotherwise ap' plied to the outer surface of a flexible endless belt, D,passing over two rollers, E E, arranged the one above the other incasing A. Roller E has its hearings in the lower part of the sides ofthe box, but the shaft of roller E will be mounted in the upper portionof the 'tirely-through the its projecting-end .of shaft a,

frame F of aclock-work mechanism, G. This shaft, designated byth-eletter'o, extends enframe,'and is provided on with avertically-vibrating beam or pawl-carrier, H. This carrier isappliedloosely upon shaft a, and vibrates independently thereon. As shown inFig. 1, it is provided at one end with a wrist-pin, b, and at the otherwith a pawl, c, actuated by a spring, 0, to engage automatically with aratchet-disk, d, rigidly secured upon the end outside of the pawlcarrier. A rocking or oscillating movement is applied to thepawl-carrier'H by means of a pitman, f, connected in the usual manner tothe said carrier and to a crank-arm, g, keyed 'upon 'the projecting endof the shaft of a gear-wheel, I,

through which motion is communicated from the spring-actuatedmaster-Wheel to the remainder of the mechanism.

When the spring is wound up its reaction will impart the oscillatingmovement above mentioned to the walkin -beam, with the effect of causingthepawl to engage with and disengage from the ratchet-disk d, and thusgiving an intermittent motion to roller E. By this means a correspondingmovement will be given to the panoramic belt, and as each picture isbrought before the show-opening it will remain quiescent a sufficienttime to allow of its being inspected, when it will be moved away andanother will present itself.

In order to secure absolute certainty in the movements of the belt theroller E will be provided with spurs, which will be received inperforations in the said belt, and insure its action. Gear I, abovementioned, actuates a shaft having on its end a worm, i, actuatin agear-wheel applied to the end of the barrel J of a musical-boxattachment. This barrel is provided with the usual spurs, which, comingin contact with a comb-like steel sounder, K, will, during the operationof the decoy, produce the additional attraction of music.

To nervous persons having their pictures taken it will be a great reliefto disconnect their thoughts from the paramount necessity of keepingstill, andby examining the pictures as they are exhibited to while awaythe time of such enforced stillness. It will also be of great avail intaking the pictures of restless children to distract their minds by thesight of the pictures and the sound of the music.

In lieu of the endless belt and its rollers'I may substitute a singleshaft, provided with radial arms, upon the free ends of which thepictures or views may be secured without materially altering the natureof my invention; or the pictures may be supported by vertical rodsarranged at a suitable distance apart around a horizontally-rotatingdisk or plate.

The pictures or views may be of any descriptionthat is, landscapes,portraits, the representations of animals, and the like, and I prefer tohave them detachable, so that other pictures or views may be substitutedtherefor when desirable.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The photographers eye-rest apparatus herein described, consisting ofthe musical-box attachment, the endless panoramic belt, and theintermittently-rotatin g rollers carrying the said belt, arranged insideof a casing having a show-opening, substantially as specified.

2. In combination with the casing A, having a show-opening, G, theendless panoramic belt D, and the intermittently-rotating rollers E E,substantially as specified.

3. The roller-shaft a, the carrier or beam H, rocking independentlythereon, a ratchet-disk, d, connected to the shaft a, pawl c, and awrist-pin, b, in combination with the clock mechanism G, the crank-armg, and pitman f, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

- GEO. W. BAKER. Witnesses:

JNO. HENRY PUHL, A. P. BEEGHER.

